Civil liberties history detailed at libraries

11:23 PM,
Jan. 31, 2014

A poster for 'Wherever There's a Fight,' a civil liberties exhibition hosted by Monterey County Free Libraries.

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Showcasing stories of the fight for freedom and equality in California from the Gold Rush to the post-9/11 eras, a new exhibition, "Wherever There's a Fight: A History of Civil Liberties in California," opened this week at Monterey County Free Libraries' Marina and Castroville branches.

The traveling exhibition in English (at Marina) and Spanish (at Castroville) offers 13 interpretive panels of photographs and texts that tell the stories of people who fought violations of their civil liberties in California, reflecting the prejudices and political winds of the times.